Suggested edit: Thomas Griffin referenced his wife Elizabeth when he wrote his will on Dec. 16th, 1806. It is unlikely she died before 1807, just two weeks later. She was deceased by May 1810 when their sons and heirs, Charles and Thomas Griffin Jr. cosigned a deed of sale of Anson Co. land to Thomas Polk, also signed by other Mullis heirs.
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John Mullis operated a mill on the Rappahannock River in Virginia before the Revolution until he moved to Anson Co, NC, abt 1782.

The Monroe Enquirer October column lists three children of John Mullis of VA (Mary Elizabeth Mullis Griffin, Theodosia Mullis Griffin, and Solomon Mullis) who moved with their Griffin spouses to Anson Co. NC after the Revolutionary War. "Whether John Mullis came with Thomas Griffin (from Essex Co. VA to NC) and Elizabeth Mullis is not certain. It is felt he did, since they all settled around Richardson Creek near where now is the Mullis-Ford (Roard) Bridge, probably named for John." The Monroe Enquirer, Oct. 23, 1958.

Sources: The Monroe Enquirer, Oct 23, 1958
Mullis Melange, Volume I

There is some controversy whether the mother of Mary Elizabeth Mullis was 1) Margaret Brumbelow, 2) Rebecca Chaney, 3) Susanna Dancer.

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Update: According to marriage records for John Mullis, he married Rebecca Chaney in 1748 in Massachusetts and then was married to Susanna Dancer in 1756 in NC and then
to Margaret Brumbelow in NC in 1775. Mary Elizabeth was born in 1758, thereforeleading us to believe that Susanna was her biological mother. Her marriage toThomas was in VA on the 22 Sep 1783.

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Suggested edit: John Mullis lived continuously in Orange Co. N. C. from before 1755 through settlement in Anson Co. in 1782. Neighbors were Brumbelows where he took a wife, Margaret, Stewarts and Griffins--two of them named Thomas, a Sr. and Jr. They lived in a portion of Orange which was taken to form Chatham in 1770, and in 1772 John Mullis, Thomas Griffin, Jacob Pyburn and Wm. Stewart served in the Chatham Co. Militia-his sons-in-law. None of them ever recorded together in Essex Co., VA., two hundred miles away. John Mullis recorded again in 1774 Chatham doing Road Poll duty, and in 1777 "Mullis Branch" was a boundary referenced in a Chatham Co. deed. The only place John Mullis, Brumbelow in-laws, sons-in-law Thomas Griffin (Mary Elizabeth), Jacob Pyburn (Francis) and Wm. Stewart (wife name unknown) are found together in records is in Orange Co/Chatham Co. 1755 through 1782.
Rebecca Cheney did not marry this John Mullis, she married John MILLIS: in 1772 her estate was probated in Craven Co. South Carolina as, "Rebecca Bryant alias MILLIS alias Cheney." Susana Dancer married a John Mullis in ENGLAND: Apr. 20, 1756 in St George Parish Church, Hanover Sqr., Middlesex Co., a suburb of London. At the time there were at least seven John Mullis bachelors living in England. The only wife known for John Mullis was Margaret Brumbelow, after his death post 1782, Margaret Mullis was on the 1790 census of Anson Co. near her two sons, John and Solomon who, by 1810 census were born before 1760. John Mullis did not own and operate a mill on the Rappahannock River in Virginia, he was a carpenter by trade, apprenticed in 1731 Lancaster Co. Va..
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Suggested edit: I insist we must follow the paper trail left by Mary Elizabeth's father, John Mullis. He was last recorded in Va. in 1747 when he left Orange Co. ALL HIS SUBSEQENT RECORDS are found in Orange Co. NORTH CAROLINA from pre 1755 through 1770 when the portion of Orange where John resided became Chatham Co. after which he was in Chatham. From mid 1750s John had Griffin neighbors, two of them named Thomas, a Sr. and a Jr. In Sept. 1772, John and his three sons-in-law served in the Chatham Co. Militia, including Thomas Griffin. Never once was John recorded in Essex Co., Va., never once taxed for a operating a mill on the Rappahannock River. That his daughter married a Thomas Griffin 200 miles away in Essex Co., Va. flies in the face of the fact Mary Elizabeth had a neighbor Thomas Griffin next door to her family in Orange Co. N. C. Other neighbors included the Brumbelows, and her father married Margaret of that family. The creek John lived on in Orange Co., "Mullis Branch" was referenced in 1757, 1760 and after Chatham was formed, referenced again in 1777. Anson Co. and Chatham Co. conjoined, and in 1782 John Mullis, Thomas Griffin, Wm. Stewart and their families crossed over into Anson Co. In sum, none of these individuals/families were ever recorded together in Essex Co., Va. as they were over a twenty-five year period in OrangeChatham Co. North Carolina.
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Thomas Griffin's wife was nowhere recorded as Mary Elizabeth, simply as Elizabeth when recorded as a chain bearer on March 2, 1780, the survey of Anson Co. land on Negro Head Creek, and as simply Elizabeth in Thomas' will of Dec. 1806. She was deceased prior to 1810 when her and Thomas' sons Charles and Thomas signed the et al deed as their heirs. The survey plat informs that the family of John Mullis and Elizabeth Griffin, his daughter, were in Anson by/before 1779 because people did not change residence during inclement winter weather season, had to be established in a home and ready to plant vegetable garden and crops when spring arrived. Her husband Thomas was in the Chatham Co. militia in 1772 along with father-in-law John Mullis and two other of his sons in law, Jacob Pyburn and Wm. Stewart. Thomas served in Chatham Co. later, after the Revolutionary War began, as did Wm. Stewart: both submitting pay vouchers to the Hillsborough Military District which included Chatham Co., and Thomas submitted pay vouchers to that District after relocating in Anson Co., i.e., 1783 and 1774. His rank in 1772 was sergeant, surely higher ten years later during the Revolution, so clearly he continued serving in that militia with rank and fellow comrades in arms AFTER relocating in Anson Co. by/before 1779. When away from home doing militia duty, Thomas left his wife with father-in-law, which explains why the person who drew up the survey plat on March 2, 1782 recorded his wife as Elizabeth Mullis: The surveyor from who-knows-where only knew this chain bearer was a resident of the Mullis home when the survey was made.
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Suggested edit: Elizabeth Mullis wife of Thomas Griffin had children born shortly after 1770, so she was born earlier than 1758: Charles Griffin b. 1772 in census record of 1850 Anson Co. consistently gave his birthplace as North Carolina in census 1850 and 1860. According to Griffin genealogy of 1912 by Ney McNeely, Charles was the second son born to Thomas and Elizabeth Mullis Griffin. Her father John Mullis never owned or operated a mill on the Rappahannock River in Virginia: he resided in OrangeChatham Co. N. C. from 1755 through 1774 and by the winter of 1779/80 he and family had relocated in Anson Co. along with daughter Elizabeth and her Griffin family: in Mar. 1780 Elizabeth was recorded a chain carrier in survey of land on Negro Head Creek, Anson Co. In Sept. 1781, as a resident of Anson Co. her husband Thomas Griffin purchased land on nearby Richardson Creek. The contemporary Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. was another individual altogether: in Sept. 1783 he married Elizabeth MILLS in adjoining King and Queen Co. Va. In June and Aug. 1783, the Thomas Griffin of Anson Co. N. C. submitted pay vouchers for his military service in the Rev. War to the Hillsborough Military District, the same district as when he served in the Chatham Co. N. C. militia in 1772.
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